The Suicide Squad name owes its inspiration to writer John Ostrander in 1987’s Comic Legends #3.

The Arrowepisode 216 “Suicide Squad” is due to air at on March 19 on The CW. In the episode Diggle (David Ramsey) is recruited by Amanda Waller (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) and A.R.G.U.S. to stop a warlord (guest star Lee Majdoub) he knew from his time in Afghanistan. Full details in our episode lowdown.